Support Team

Board of Directors

Advance Global Coaching is blessed with a passionate governing board and a growing advisory board.The following men and women contribute their time, money and wisdom to forward the vision God has given AGC.

Sherri Dodd

Founder/CEO/PCC

Sherri is a career missionary, ministry leader and a Professional Certified Coach. She has a passion to see those in missions work thrive, not just survive. learn more »

Mike Teston

Board Chairman and Marriage/Family Specialist

Mike has a masters degree in theology and more than 30 years in vocational ministry. In 2013, after 10 years on the staff of North Point Community Church, he founded CoreRelations, a ministry focused on key relationships. Mike has been married to Kathy for 42 years and together they love serving missionaries. They were missionaries in the Solomon Islands, and have led dozens of short-term trips around the world.

Earnest Thompson

International Corporate Executive (ret)

Earnest traveled the globe for nearly three decades in senior branding and corporate communications positions for Fortune 50 companies. Along the way, he lived with his family in Berlin and Brussels so is first hand familiar with the challenges of cross cultural living.

He has been an active participant in church startups in Berlin, the Washington D.C. area and greater Detroit. He and his wife live near children and grandchildren in the Detroit metro area. They are active members of Kensington Church.

Erica McCurdy

Business Strategist/ Certified Coach

Erica McCurdy is an ICF certified coach in Business Coaching and Family Coaching with more than 25 years of business and non-profit experience. Erica and her family attend North Point Community Church where Erica spent three years on staff in the Care Department. At McCurdy Solutions Group and McCurdy Life Coaching she is known for her ability to successfully merge practical operational business experience, strategic financial savvy and her passion for families.

Dustin Price

Adult Discipleship Pastor

Originally from Dayton Ohio, Dustin is passionate about seeing the global Church equipped to be the local expression of God’s love! Dustin moved to Western North Carolina in 2013. Dustin and his wife moved up from Atlanta, Georgia after spending 5 years serving as a university professor and working with the local church in China. He received his B.A. in Public Relations from Lee University in 2000. He completed His M.A. in Intercultural Studies from Wheaton College in 2012. Currently he serves as the Adult Discipleship Pastor at New Covenant Church.

Advisory Board

Jacque Lederman

Prayer Team Coordinator

Jacque has lead the prayer initiatives at AGC since 2008. The email prayer support team and a small local prayer team consistently hold AGC up in prayer. Jacque and her husband have three college-aged children and are active members of North Henry Baptist Church in Stockbridge, GA, where Jacque serves as the music and worship ministry leader.

Randy Dodd

Missionary/Author

Randy is a missionary and novelist. He is the author of three best-selling Christian novels - 'Wisdom Hunter', 'Jordan's Crossing', and 'Brotherhood of Betrayal'. As a project coordinator for Global Ministries Fellowship, he currently recruits, trains, and leads short-term mission teams to work alongside evangelical churches in Europe.

Neil Brown

Pastoral Care Minister

Neil is the Minister of Pastoral Care for First Baptist Church, Woodstock, GA. He has also served in the capacity of Minister of Missions and Evangelism. In 1998 he retired from a 28-year career with AT&T. He has been married to Ingrid for 49 years, has 3 grown children who love Jesus and 6 grandchildren.

Billy Nolan

Mission Strategist

Billy, a Louisiana Tech University graduate, is the Director of Global Partnerships for globalX, North Point Ministries. He develops and coaches leaders. Billy and his wife, Shala, previously served over 6 years on staff with Campus Crusade for Christ as missionaries in East Asia.

TJ Chaplin

Investment Professional

TJ works at Eclypse Investment Group LLC in Atlanta and is a Chartered Financial Analyst. He primarily works with manufacturing and distribution businesses in the rural Southeast.

Fran LaMattina

Consultative Coach, MCC

Fran is the President and Founder of Strategies for Greatness, LLC, a consultative coaching practice that serves leaders of organizations, individuals, and work teams. She is a Master Certified Coach with the International Coach Federation.

Ruth Maxwell

Career Missionary, ACC

Ruth is a single missionary with a heart for mentoring, discipling and coaching missionaries and ministry leaders worldwide. As a career missionary with SIM (Serving in Mission), she has lived and worked many years in South Africa. She holds the Associate Certified Coach credential with the International Coach Federation.

Jessica Sagraves

Office Manager/ Bookkeeper

Jessica, a Lee University graduate with more than 10 years of experience in office management and bookkeeping, is a home school mom and the owner/manager of 3 Tree Bookkeeping. Jessica and her husband have 3 active sons and live in Rocky Mount, Virginia.

Peggy Etheridge

Retired Businesswoman

In 1988, Peggy and her husband, Ray, established Missions International, Inc., an international mission board and Mexican pastoral organization. The Etheridges traveled many years to Mexico, participating in church planting, construction work, children's ministries, evangelism, and discipleship events.

Josh Eisenberg

Financial Advisor

Josh is currently a Certified Financial Planner with the Northwestern Mutual offices in Atlanta, GA. He and his wife Rachel are active members of New Life Church in Canton, GA, and have a passion for missions work both locally and internationally.

Angela Crossland

Licensed Professional Counselor

Angela has a Masters degree in community counseling. After serving on short term mission trips to over 15 countries, she has a heart for ministering to missionaries' spiritual and emotional health. Angela, her husband Jordan, and their three children are active at The Vine Community Church.